Ascendance Protocol

In the radiant world of AURELIS, where Ascendance determines destiny and Protocols shape power, every child dreams of their Rite — the moment the Monolith names them, grants them a Protocol, and charts their place among the Chosen.



But Kaien Virell receives nothing.



Declared Hollowborn, shunned as a mistake, and mocked as a fluke who broke the sacred Monolith, Kaien is left to rot in the ashes of failure. His past is haunted by loss. His future has no path.



Yet something ancient stirs in the silence.



A whisper. A flicker. A zero.



Drawn into the elite halls of Solvyr Academy by a loophole and a professor with too many secrets, Kaien finds himself thrust into a world that does not want him. Rivals rise, powers awaken, and a flawless prodigy named Ayari Thornveil casts an unforgiving light on his every weakness.



But beneath the Academy’s golden façade, shadows move. The Protocols are not what they seem. And Kaien’s failure may not be failure at all.



When fate refuses to choose him, Kaien will write his own.